Folding rack or bed frame



Feb. 13, 1951 w. RossMAN FOLDING RACK OR BED FRAME Filed Nov. 4. 1946INVENTOR WILL IAM RISISMA/Y QRNEY Patented Feb. 13, 1795i' UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE FOLDING RACK R BED FRAME William Rossman, Pecos, Tex.

Application November 4, 1946, Serial No. 707,564

Y 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to folding supports or frames and particularly tothat type adapted to be folded into and concealed within a'recess or thelike in a wall of a house, bungalow or prefabricated building,especially where space is at a premium. f

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a supportingrack or frame of any desired size suitable for the style of buildingwhich kmay be easily and conveniently folded into compact verticalrelation in between the two surfaces of the wall of the building in sucha manner that it can be easily and quickly lowered into usable position,as for example, as a rack or frame for supporting a sample case or largesuitcase.

Another object is to provide a folding cot or the like for the above usewhich can be compactly hidden in arecess in the wall until ready foractual use. v p j A- further object is toprovide a folding rack or framecompactly arranged and associated with various sound-proof features andmaterial applicable to buildings of the above character.

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and inpart hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by the followinganalysis of this invention.

This invention consists in the features of construction, combination ofparts, and in the unique relation of the members and in the relativeproportioning and disposition thereof, all as more completely outlinedherein.

To enable others skilled in the art fully to comprehend the underlyingfeatures of this invention, drawings depicting the invention as appliedto a folding bed form a part of this disclosure and in such drawingslike characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which:

Figure l is a horizontal sectional View taken transversely through themiddle of a wall recess, showing the bed and its surrounding partsy inplan View, the bed being in open position as shown in full lines, thedotted lines indicating its position when folded into the wall space;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view showing the lbed in unfolded positionin full lines and in folded position in dotted lines; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1,showing the bed in end elevation, the bed being shown in open positionin full lines and its folded position being indicated in dotted lines.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein a small portion of the wall 5 ofthe building is shown, such as anyinside wall of substantial thicknessseparating two rooms, the wall may be solid or cellular, as desirable,and made of any suitable material, such as insulating or sound-proofslabs or blocks, provided with a recess 6 adapted to receive the foldedbed. In the construction illustrated this recess is framed by top andbottom and end members connected to a slab 8 of sound-proof boardsubstantially coextensive with the recess and completely lling theopening in the wall adjacent to one room. The slab and frame membersadvantageously constitute a unit which may be prefabricated andbuiltinto the wall. The opposite side of the wall recess is normallyclosed by a door formed of two parts 9, as shown in Fig. 1, which may befolded back upon itself in two halves, whereby, when the bed Il) isfolded up into the recess about the bottom supporting hinges Il, asshown in Fig. 3, then the door 9 may be swung inwardly, as indicated bythe dash-dot line in Fig. 1, and simultaneously extended thereby tocompletely close the recess into which the bed is mounted.

The bed may be of any desired size and construction so as to beconveniently housed in the recess 6 and concealed by the two parts ofthe closed folding door 9. are hinged in any-suitable manner so as to beswung upwardly and inwardly under the springs of the bed simultaneouslywith the raising of the bed as it is swung into the recess. Preferablythe legs I2 are formed integrally with the head and the foot of the bed,and move therewith, being secured to the bed I0 by means of pivotedlinks I3, I4, hinged to the side rails by means of pivots l5, as is wellknown in cot bed construction. Then when the door 9 is swung to closedposition, all of the parts -of the bed, which may be suitably arrangedwith the necessary bed clothes, are compactly stowed in the wall recess.Conversely, the opening operation is equally simple. The two-part door 9is swung to open position and the legs l2 moved outwardly and downwardlyinto supporting position for the bed,

To this end the legs l2 3 after which the bed is made up and used in theusual manner.

While it will be apparent that the illustrated embodiments of theinvention herein disclosed are well calculated adequately to fulfill theobjects and advantages primarily stated, it is to be understood that theinvention is susceptible to variations, modifications and changes withinthe spirit and scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A unitary wall receptacle and folding leg supported articlecomprising a frame adapted to Ibe secured in a recess in a wall spacedabove the floor, a panel member closing one side of said frame and adoor member hinged to yopen outwards from the opposite side of saidframe, said panel member and door enclosing a space of substantial widthbetween them, a bed frame tted with a spring and having two pairs offolding legs hingedly secured to the sidemembers of said bed frame neareach end thereof, each said pair of legs being of integral constructionno wider than said bed frame and connected thereto by pairs of linkshinged to said legs and to said side members at spaced points lengthwisethereof whereby said legs are adapted to be folded lengthwise to liecompletely under said bed frame, said bed frame with said spring andlegs folded thereunder being of less thickness than the depth of saidspace, hinges connecting one side member of said Ibed frame and thebottom member of said wall frame at laterally offset points with respectto the inner edge oi said bed frame whereby the hinge axis thereof isspaced within the wall receptacle to permit swinging the bed frame andfolded legs into said space to clear the door, said bed frame in openposition being supported clear of said wall frame by said pairs of legsresting on the floor.

2. A combined wall receptacle and folding leg supported articlecomprising an open rframe adapted to be secured in a recess in a wallspaced above the floor, a panel member closing one side of said frame,and a door member hinged to open outwards from the opposite side of saidframe, 4

said panel member and door enclosing a space within said frame ofsubstantial width, a quadrangular flat support comprising a supportingframe and not less than three folding legs secured thereto at pointsspaced longitudinally and transversely to form a unitary self-supportingstructure, hinges for securing said legs to said supporting framepermitting folding thereof completely under said supporting frame, saidsupporting frame with legs folded thereunder being of less thicknessthan the depth of said enclosed space, laterally off-set hingesconnecting said supporting frame and the bottom member of said open wallframe at lengthwise spaced points on the inner edge of said supportingframe, the pivot axis of said hinges being spaced away from said edgeand within the wall receptacle to permit swinging the unitary supportingframe and folded under legs into said space to clear the door, saidsupport in open position entirely clearing said Wall receptacle andresting on .its .legs upon the oor.

3. A unitary wall receptacle and folding leg supported article asdescribed in claim 2 wherein the panel and door members are for-med ofsound insulating material.

4. A unitary wall receptacle and folding leg supported article asdescribed in kclaim 1, wherein the axis .of the hinges for pivoting thebed frame is located nearer to the front -or door side of Athe framethan to the back or panel side thereof, whereby the weight of the bedframe and attached parts may be centered inside said space and tends toretain them in folded position in said receptacle.

WILLIAM ROS'SMAN.

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